Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-07

Fourth-Any mare or gelding having
record of 2:30 or better.
Fifth-Any mare having record of
2:4O or better, provided she has either of
the following additional qualifications:
L. Is the dam of any animal that has
sired or produced 2:30 trotter.
2. Has standard sire or dam.
Sixth-Any mare that has produced
an animal having record of 2:3O or bet
ter.
PEDIGREE RULES.
Seventh-Any animal whose sire and
dam are standard under any of the foun-
dalton rules.
Eighth-Any animal whose sire and
whose dams sire and dam are standard
under any of the foundation rules.
Ninth-Any mare whose sire In stand
ard under any of the foundation rules,
provided she is out of mare whose dams
sire and dam are standard under any Of
the foundation rules.
Tenth Any mare whose sire is stand
ard under any of the foundation rules,
provided her dem is by a standard sire
and her grand dam mare standard under
Eleventh-Any mare whose sire is
standard and whose dams sire and dam
are standard under any Of the foundation
rules.
| Discussing these rules he says:
know it will be said that these rules
are narrow. and would exclude a large
proportion of the stock of almost every
breeder, thus affecting private interests
| in a ruthless manner. This must be
admitted. But should not the aim of the
standard be to protect the public interest
rather than to advance private enter
prises? Is it rot fact that all breeders
have more or less positive trash, to say
nothing Of young animals whose indlvidu-
al merit and the merit of whose immedi-
ate ancestors is, to say the least, very
doubtful? And shall such be admitted
to evual rank with producers and per-
formers, and allowed, as they now are, TO
perpetuate that rank indefinitely, regard
less of their own shOrtcOming? The
present is a standard patterned decidedly
after the plan of the English nobility,
and everybody knows how that plan
! breeds both men and horses. When an
animal has once been admitted, even
| though it may be in virture of the per-
| formance of q single distant relative,
there is no such thing as wedding him
or his descendants out. They are there
''under the highest rule of breeding" and
there they remain safe and secure to the
end of the chapter. 1t seems to me that
the proposed standard would represent
real American principals, for no matters
how distinguished his grandfather may
| have been, whenever a horse failed to
demonstrate his own merit he would have
to go, in true democratic fashion.
Manure for the Garden.
During several years experience In
gardening have found it Improbable to
raise vegetables for market without q
heavy application of manure. Stable
manure is the main reliance, but the mar
ket value is SO high that it must be ap
piled iudiciously to make it's use profit
able. / have used commercial fertilizer
freely for two years, but find 1T inferior
for the garden to stable manure com
posted with forest leaves or forest mould
Great care seculd be used in saving ma
nure, or you may have bulk Of but little
value. Forest leaves when we'll rotte6
seem to be especially adapted to the gar
aener's wants. 1 have had the greatest
success with compost of two-thirds OF
one-half forest mould, and one-third OF
one half stable manure, kept moist ano
we'll covered, for1ed over occasionally tC
mix and make fine and to regulate the
moisture. This will be found rich plant
food and well adapted for any crop
Moreover, find seed terminate better
with the compost than with any Other
manure, particularly commercial fertiliz
ers. No evil consequences follow a super
abundant application of manure. A com
post formed of the following substances
makes an excellent fertilizer for veg
etables: For base take forest mould
upon this throw all animal matter found
about the premises-the carcasses OF
small animals, offal of every kind, wooden
rags, bones, old boots and shoes and
waste leather of every description the
drOppings of the fowls, soapsuds, salt
| sloops from the sinks, ashes, nightsoil, in
| fact, anything that will decompose
Green leaves and vegetable matter of
whatever sort will aid to give moisture.
which the compost must have. AS often
as necessary to keep down bad oders and
to hold escaping gasses, grass sods or
soil from the fence corners should be
thrown over the heap. When thoroughly
! deeomposed this will be a fertilizer of
great vaIue-Thomas d. Baird.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
! COLD RICE.